Definition of Swan River daisy

1. Noun. Western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays.

Exact synonyms: Brachycome Iberidifolia
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Brachycome, Genus Brachycome

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swan River Daisy

Swabian
Swaddler
Swaddlers
Swadesh
Swadesh list
Swadesh lists
Swahili
Swainsona
Swainsona galegifolia
Swainsona grandiflora
Swainsona greyana
Swamigal
Swaminarayan
Swammerdam
Swan
Swan River daisy (current term)
Swan River everlasting
Swanage
Swansea
Swanson
Swanwick
Swarga
Swati
Swatis
Swazi
Swaziland
Swaziland monetary unit
Swede
Sweden
Swedenborg

Literary usage of Swan River daisy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... West Coast of Australia, near Dirk Hartog's Bay. Captain Cook observed it on several parts of the coast." Swan-River Daisy, «. a pretty annual plant, ..."

2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... West Coast of Australia, near Dirk Hartog's Bay. Captain Cook observed it on several parts of the coast." Swan-River Daisy, n. a pretty annual plant, ..."

3. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"Swan River daisy Brachycome iberidifolia. Brachycome, Greek, short hair; ... The Swan River daisy would naturally be more of a favorite in England than in ..."

4. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The Swan River daisy would naturally be more of a favorite in England than in this country. It is, however, a most charming, free flowering, summer blooming ..."

5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1861)
"The Swan River daisy, Brachycome iberidifolia, is the last instance we have of this in the garden; while Zinnia is the last variable Composite plant that ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"I). The African daisy of gardens is Dimorphotheca. LHB Michaelmas daisy. (x 'A) also are called daisies. The Swan River daisy is Brachycome DALBERGIA (N. ..."

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